Jack—Various and many are the legal modes of delay.
Serjeant—Name them.
Jack—Injunctions, demurrers, sham pleas, writs of error, rejoinders, sur-rejoinders, rebutters, sur-rebutters, re-plications, exceptions, essoigns, and imparlance.
Serjeant [to himself]—Fine instruments in the hands of a man who knows how to use them. But now, Jack, we come to the point: if an able advocate has his choice in a cause, which if he is in reputation he may readily have, which side should he choose, the right or the wrong?
Jack—A great lawyer's business is always to make choice of the wrong.
Serjeant—And prithee, why so?
Jack—Because a good cause can speak for itself, whilst a bad one demands an able counselor to give it a color.
Serjeant—Very well. But in what respects will this answer to the lawyer himself?
Jack—In a twofold way. Firstly, his fees will be large in proportion to the dirty work he is to do.
Serjeant—Secondly?